This Is Crochet

Where are you . . . ?
 
Thank you to everyone who sent messages asking how I am doing.   I have been submerged in classes and work to the point where I barely have time to sleep.
I only sent out two crochet submissions last year.  One was accepted and will be in the Spring 2010 issue [...]

Guess what? I won 3rd place in the Home Décor category. Here is the list of winners:
http://www.crochet.org/pdfs/2009CGOADesignContestWinners.pdf

My entry was called “VictoriAfricana Footstool.” I chose this name because the footstool combines a traditionally-styled stool and fringe with an African-inspired motif and color scheme. I also chose to name it VictoriAfricana because it [...]

Marcy Smith presents a behind-the-scenes look at the photo shoot for the Summer 2009 issue of Interweave Crochet magazine.
Hair, makeup, accessories and clothes! See how Marcy sets the mood and chooses the locations for each design.
Did you see my Mimosa Dress in next to last photo!

The final finishing instructions were omitted for the Gardener’s Apron from the April 2009 issue of Crochet World.
The pattern should read:
Gardener’s Apron, page 52
CrochetWorld, April 2009
Finishing
For apron ties, using sewing needle and thread, center and sew grosgrain ribbon to back of Waistband. Seal ends of ribbon with fray check.
http://crochet-world.com/corrections.php?correctionid=72

How did I move from thinking about designing crochet to actually doing it?
Crafter and writer, L’Tanya Durante interviewed me for her blog, Craftnicity. She asked me, “How did you finally shift from being an information gatherer to submitting a design?”
Want to know what I said? Visit Craftnicity and read “Taking the Leap: A Designer’s Journey” [...]

Here’s my newest published design — the Gardener’s Apron –from the April 2009 issue of Crochet World Magazine.   It is an easy-to-make apron that is made with Lily’s Sugar n’ Cream yarn.
Change the color of yarn or combine several colors and the apron would be cute for the kitchen too.  Keep this one in [...]

Lisa Naskrent of Crochet Garden has written a step-by-step article about how she does a submission that includes an evaluation of an actual submission she has done.
Lisa takes it from the beginning to final product.  We are privileged to actually see her critique her own work product, and she includes photos of her actual submission.
This [...]

Tips from a New Designer
 
This is Part II of yesterday’s post.
 
5.         Photographs
If you already have a completed version of the design you are submitting, you may choose to include photos in addition to your swatch and/or drawings.  Be sure they are clear and show your design at its best.  Try photographing your design in natural [...]

Tips from a New Designer
 
I am a “new” crochet designer.  I am new because I just started submitting designs to publications in 2008.  I have been having some success with it, too.  I was blessed to have my very first submission accepted.  That turned out to be my Mulled Spices Afghan, which is in the [...]

A new magazine dedicated exclusively to crochet will make its debut on March 27, 2009.  Get ready for Inside Crochet magazine.  This will be a UK publication from KAL Media, the same company that publishes Yarn Forward magazine.
But even more exciting than knowing there will be another crochet magazine is knowing that the new editors [...]